By Fredgruff - 09/01/2010 13:48 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at a band practice. The band was talking to each other with language like "cadence", "resolution" and "consecutive fifths". When they spoke to me, they used terms like "tick", "bong", "ticky bong"; and "bongy tick". Musically, I feel like a baboon. FML
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Besitzen 0

Sounds like you're a drummer. To be honest, it's probably because your bandmates don't know percussive technical terms. And even if they did, onomatopoeia is still the best way to describe what you mean when it comes to drums. FYL if you're not a drummer.

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SHAAAAAARK 1

when i read this i thought it said sticky dongs.

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sparkleprincess 0

THATS GREAT! NO 1 EVER DID THAT FOR ME. BUT I NEVER JOINED BAND!

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menschmaschine5 0

Really? I'm a pianist/organist as well, and I've only had to read tenor clef for sight singing/score reading exercises.

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menschmaschine5 0

That's not what a cadence is. At all. And yes, a resolution is when a dissonant chord resolves to a consonant chord. A B7 chord is dissonant, so therefore it usually resolves to a consonant E major or minor chord.

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Trooth 13

wow...nerdy band talk. ydi (and that's a good thing cuz it means you're not a band nerd like them)

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Bloonbloon 0

See, when you do this it goes tick, and when you do this, it goes bong. Got it? And when you do this, it goes tickty bong. :D

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jonny2x4 0

This is almost as bad if you were trying to teach a trombone player. It would be like "wah wah bwahhhh".

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Darkhumor 0

s'ok, if they're using consecutive fifths the songs can't be all that crash hot anyways. You wouldn't be missing much.

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mothefo 0

Take them aside and explain to them that if they don't start treating you as an equal, you'll come round their houses and molest them in their own beds. Do this in a very calm and reasonable tone.

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escape_my_fate 0

lawlz. that is how us band kids talk to the freshies. then we explain to them what everything means.

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